NILRR Newsclips 09 05 2011

Want to be a civil Servant?  It may cost you

The Daily Caller, 9/04/2011

It is incredible that so many of our public servants have
to pay a private organization just for the privilege to work in the public
sector.

As we celebrate the hard work and ingenuity of the American
people this Labor Day, let us also renew our will to fight against the coercion
these workers face because of forced unionism.

Court Sides with union in ruling Nonmember In-Home Workers In Illinois Required
to Pay Fair Share Fees

Daily Labor Report
Online, 9/02/2011

 

The appeals court
affirmed a district court’s dismissal of the First Amendment free association
and free speech claims by personal assistants, who are not SEIU members, against
the union and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D). The state substantially controls
their jobs and is therefore their employer, regardless of whether they are
properly deemed also to be employed by their home-care patients, the appeals
court found. Therefore, it said, the U.S. Supreme Court’s mandatory union fee
decisions apply and allow for the collection and use of the fair share fees.

 

William L. Messenger of
the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation in Springfield, Va.,
represented the nonmember personal assistants.

Obama declares compulsion foundation of “American
Dream”

Washington Examiner
Online, 9/05/2011

 

“The right to organize
and collectively bargain is a fundamental American value,” Obama writes.  “This
year has seen a vigorous fight to protect these rights and values, and on this
Labor Day, we reaffirm that collective bargaining is a cornerstone of the
American dream.”

Wisconsin union Bosses Make the Best Case Against forced Dues

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